Alright, so I wasn’t going to post this originally, but had written it and emailed it to a friend at the time because it was so funny. Well… it was not funny at the time, but a few days later. After all, every extended traveler runs (
) into his/her own poop incident sooner or later.
It IS embarrassing. But like a 6-year-old I’m a sucker for scatological and self deprecating humor. Plus, I thought of a way I could do this where you can only read my story if you appreciate those things as I do – which is the “Read more” button I can insert on the blog, haha. (there’s also bad language grandma) So read on if you dare…
Dateline: Bangkok, Thailand. Feb 6 2007.
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…if I came back from a 1 week trip in Guatemala with malaria, when I didn’t get hardly a tummy ache on my 3 month RTW trip? This is what was going through my mind as I was preparing to fly home while battling headaches, mosquito bites, diarrhea, and the onset of cold-like symptoms.
Well as it turns out, the headaches went away once I got out of the sun and heat. The diarrhea has cleared up, but I’ve still got a pretty nasty congestion cold. I do find it frustrating that 2 out of my 3 trips to Central America resulted in bad intestinal problems, where I had none through SE Asia and India. (though i’m sure if i stayed in India longer it would happen there.) I guess it just goes with the territory and i should stop being a wuss. I am going to post an old poop story though that I never posted, haha.
So – the rest of the trip was good. After Tikal I had a relaxing travel day back to Guatemala city. I was on the flight, and staying at the same hotel there, as a couple that used to live in Oakland! They were currently living in Quetzaltenango while he was finishing his graduate degree doing forestry research. They were cool to hang out with as he worked in high tech when they lived here. I also talked the whole way on the plane with a Guatemalan who now is a multi-country tourguide, and has a house in Ft. Worth. It was nice because I got a lot of questions I had about the country and various subjects answered by him.
Another funny thing I experienced… and I know this happened on my long trip, I just don’t remember if I wrote about it.
It’s always a little funny when people, from coworkers to the Customs police say “you are traveling by yourself?” with a hint of curiousity in their voice. I haven’t had any trouble meeting people, in fact, i seem better at it when i’m traveling. So I had 3 nights in a row where I ate dinner with 3 different people, a German girl, Spanish girl, and a Canadian guy… all great company. Then suddenly you find yourself eating dinner alone and you feel… LONELY! shockingly so. It was kinda of sad until I dissected it, and remembered this happened on my long trip, then I felt better. 
Anyways, new Guatemala gallery up to the right there and I will do a wrap soon… after I get over this cold.